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| MORE from DONNA'S NEW LIFE... |
| Terribly lonely and isolated until she met her boyfriend Jim, Donna was 'left out in the cold' with no transportation and very inadequate care. She told Jim, "If I had known you five years ago I would never have broken my hip." She may have had a very limited education; still, she has a natural gift for language. The other day she told Jim, "Before I met you my life was closed. Now it's open...like a beautiful flower blooming." |
| Typical sidewalk in Long Branch, NJ. During rush hour this road gets very busy with speeding cars and trucks (see above). If Donna needs to go to the bank, the post office, the supermarket, get her hair cut, or just meet a friend for lunch, she has no choice but to ride her wheelchair in the road and cross busy intersections that have no stop lights. If there is rain, or snow and ice, she has to stay at home. |
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| Donna had to pull over to the side of the road to let this large truck and school bus speed past her. (The orange flag at the bottom left is sticking up above her wheelchair). The sidewalks are often impassable for wheelchairs, so she must ride in the road...a terribly dangerous situation for someone who is spastic. Picture this scene in the winter with the wind howling and freezing rain or sleet in her face and you'll get some idea of what Donna faced each day when she had to travel to work alone in her wheelchair. Many of her disabled neighbors are in a similar predicament. Click here to see a photo from our Flickr gallery of an even more dangerous and outrageous situation. |
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| Please consider making a small donation to help Donna. Getting a second-hand van was a life-long dream come true. Now she may lose the van, because she can't afford to get the lift fixed. All donations will go towards paying for a new wheelchair lift for her van. As it stands now, she can't use the van at all. The lift is broken and cannot be fixed. We are hoping to purchase a second-hand lift from Monmouth Vans in Farmingdale. Each and every dollar raised will go towards helping Donna to keep her van and have a happier, more fullfilling life. |